Counties of Sweden - Map

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With county codes, which were official until 1974.

  • AB: Stockholm County
  • AC: Västerbotten County
  • BD: Norrbotten County
  • C: Uppsala County
  • D: Södermanland County
  • E: Östergötland County
  • F: Jönköping County
  • G: Kronoberg County
  • H: Kalmar County
  • I: Gotland County
  • K: Blekinge County
  • M: Skåne County
  • N: Halland County
  • O: Västra Götaland County
  • S: Värmland County
  • T: Örebro County
  • U: Västmanland County
  • W: Dalarna County
  • X: Gävleborg County
  • Y: Västernorrland County
  • Z: Jämtland County

Counties of Sweden

Comparing with provinces of Sweden, one sees many similarities. Bold lines are counties, colors are provinces.

Each county is further divided into municipalities (kommuner), the existence of which is partly at the discretion of the central government. Since 2004 their number has been 290, thus an average of 13.8 municipalities per county. (See Municipalities of Sweden)

Until 1968, the City of Stockholm had its own "county code" A, which is still used interchangeably with AB in some contexts, and County of Stockholm had county code B. L was for Kristianstad County and M was for Malmöhus County but since they were merged to form Scania County, M is usually used. O used to stand for Gothenburg and Bohus County but has been used for West Götaland County since it was merged with Skaraborg County (R) and Älvsborg County (P).

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